I saw this question today. Why would humans be punished for something they were supposedly created to do?

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It's definitely God's fault. All of it.

Don't forget that the lord works in mysterious ways.

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...may your journey be graceful...

If anything is possible, then the statement, "anything is possible," is possibly false.

What if punishment didn't really exist and we are blessed by every experience that brings us closer to God?

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<<<Why does God place the blame on us for sinning if he created the urges to sin? If a robot is programmed to kill, and it does kill someone, who's fault is it? The robot's, or the programmer's?>>>


Then again, life is complicated, and I ain't the one to explain it away...

However, I hear if ya keep askin' God, He might answer ya. So I'll just ask again and this time I'll really be listenin' for the answer instead of tryin' to let some smart man, whom I admire, tell me the answer.

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I don't think we will be punished for doing what we seem to be created to do. I don't think that following what appears to be natural law is punishable. It is some man's (or woman's) ideas that gave birth to the idea of sin, not what God/dess would want us to do or behave like.

I have to agree with Rev Kelly. I think man is the one who's concerned with sin, which always seems to have something to do with the body. When I found out that the real meaning of the word sin was "miss the mark" it made alot more sense to me. It seems to me that the "mark" or bull'seye is total love/peace/joy, and so repenting of sin would be turning away from what is not love. In other words, letting go of fear and all it's manifestations: anger, resentment, etc. Some people, especially in the good old days of the Bible, felt that God was punishing them, but the pain we experience may be a reminder that when we choose fear over love, or anger over compassion, it creates disharmony in mind and body. It's not that we're paying for sin, but being reminded that we've made an error and need to correct it.

I didn't know that sin orginated as to miss the mark. I think you have a very accurate theory here.

From Wikipedia:


Go figure...

Exactly. This goes back to the free will example. How can a God allow free will with the threat of eternal punishment hanging over our existences.

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